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y 'INK WELL. No. 350,325. Patented Oct. 5. 1886.

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' UNITED STATES WILLIAM SHRIVER AND WILLIAM M. PEARD, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENN- PATENT OFFICE.v

SYLVANIA; SAID SHRIVER 'ASSIGNOR T0 SAID PEARD.

INK-WELL.

SPECIFICATION formingpartof Letters Patent No. 350,325, dated October 5,1886.

Application filed February 27, 1886. Serial No.'193,429. (No model.) l

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM SHRIVER and WILLIAM M. PEARD, both citizensof the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia,State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inInk-Vells, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents avertical section of an' ink-well embodying our invention. Fig. 2representsa bottom plan view thereof. Fig. 3 represents averticalsectionat a right angle to Fig. 1.5 f

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Our invention consists of an ink-well having its cover fitted in a deskor other support in such manner that it may be closed and opened bysliding motions, its position being below the top of the desk orsupport, so as not to occupy said top, and when opened is comparativelyconcealed.

It further consists of a stop for limiting the opening motion of thecover.

It further consists of a guard for protecting the lower part of theink-well, the same having' means for preventing displacement of thecover, the latter also serving to prevent displacement of the well.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the top piece of a desk, or, inlieu thereof, that of an inkstand or other support for an ink-well, B,which is inserted in an opening, B', in the piece A, and sustained bythe iiange on the shoulder C of said top. A portion of the bottom of thetop piece, aside ofthe openingA B', is recessed, and in the oppositewalls thereof are grooves D, in which is fitted thecover E of theink-well, said grooves beginning at the under side of the piece A,extending in curved F at one side of the upper end thereof. When theguard is omitted, the lug may be secured directly to the piece A. Whenthe ink-well is located in the opening B', the cover is inserted in thegrooves D and the guard F secured to the piece A, the lug H entering thegroove G. The cover may be closed or moved over the ink-well, thuspreventing the entrance of dust, &c., thereinto, and moved back from thesame, so that the ink-well is accessible. In the open position of thecover the upper or inner end of the groove G abuts against the lug H,thus providing a stop whereby thev opening motion of the cover islimited and displacement of the same prevented. A portion of the coveroverhangs the flange or rim of the ink-well, so that the removal of thelatter is prevented, and thus the cover and ink-well are Vretained inposition. It will also be seen that the cover is below the top of thedesk, `leaving said top unoccupied by the cover, and when the cover isopened it enters the body of the support in the recess at the side ofthe opening B', and is thus comparatively concealed, and prevented frombeing broken, injured, or removed.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. An ink-well provided with a sliding cov.- er, in combination with aframe or stand having wit-hin the samea recess adapted to receive thesaid cover and to conceal the Sallie from view, substantially asdescribed.

2. An ink-well with a sliding cover having grooves on the under facethereof, in combination with a support, A, having a recess and guidesfor the cover, and a .guard with a lug, H, substantially as described.

3. An ink-well provided with a Iflange, a

l)stand having a recess in the body of the same and an opening throughwhich the ink-well is inserted, a shoulder on which said ink-Well nrests, and grooves in the stand,.in which the roo cover slides, asiiding cover with a groove on lug is attached, a stand having a recess,and

its under face, and a lug attached to the stand the guides ior thesliding cover, combined and ro and operating in said groove, allsubstantially operating substantially as described.

as described. WM. `S12-IRIVER.

5 4.. A11 ink-Well with a cover having a groove WM. M. PEARD. on theunder face thereof, extending to near Witnesses: the ends, formingstops, a lug Working in said JOHN A. WIEDERSIIEIM, groove, a guard forthe ink-Well, to which said A. P. GRANT.

